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Advanced engineering design: An integrated approach

Efrén M Benavides, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

 - the design process is defined in terms of operators acting over the information space
 - the information content is defined as a difference of entropies
 - creation and destruction of entropy are defined as procedures of the design process
 - this approach allows for full integration of different methodologies of design, including axiomatic design, metric design and reliability
 - some advanced topics will illustrate how the design process fixes, for some products, the performances of the product, the quality of the product, the rules of the market, the strategies of the company and the profits

This book provides engineers and students with a general framework focusing on the processes of designing new engineering products. The procedures covered by the framework lead the reader to the best trade-offs to ensure maximum satisfaction of the customer’s needs; meeting the lowest cost expectations; ensuring the lowest environmental impact and; maximising profits and best positioning in the marketplace. This book describes the engineering tools that are compatible with these goals and sustainable activity.

ISBN 0 85709 093 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 85709 093 5
Q3 2011
200 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
Approx. £100.00 / US$170.00 / €125.00

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About the author

Dr. Efrén M. Benavides is a lecturer at the School of Aeronautics (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) in mechanical design, reciprocating engines and propulsion systems with research work in the field of aeronautics. These research fields include several topics related with engineering design such as axial compressors, reciprocating engines, thermoacoustics, heat transfer and reliability. Benavides has written several articles about these subjects in a variety of scholarly journals and scientific literature.

Contents

The design process: History; Objectives and; Characteristics. Classical design: Definition; Operators; Concept of optimal product; Process of advanced design; Basic-analysis operator and classical design process. Axiomatic design: Definition; The principles of design; The independence axiom; The information axiom; Design of the design process and Corollaries. Information, entropy and its relation with the design: definition; ncertainty; Entropy; Conditional entropy; Information content; Bounds of the information content; Kinds of information; Theorems obtained from the information axiom; Stochastic filters for generating information and destroying information; Metric design: Definition; Quality; Loss of quality; Noises; Robust design; Stages of design; Quality loss function; Minimum cost as a customer’s need; Equations of design; Signal-to-noise functions; Design of the design process; Maximum value. Reliability: Definition; Reliability calculations during the design process; Failure modes; Reliability models; Statistical concepts. Advanced topics: The theory exposed in the previous sections is used for establishing advanced engineering designs and advanced design processes.